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CVE-2022-44617
A flaw was found in libXpm. When processing a file with width of 0 and a very large height, some parser functions will be called…
High7.5EPSS 1.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A flaw was found in libXpm. When processing a file with width of 0 and a very large height, some parser functions will be called repeatedly and can lead to an infinite loop, resulting in a Denial of Service in the application linked to the library.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 28 days later
· 28 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 31% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
libXpm
- affected 3.5.15
References (5)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160193 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/f80fa6ae47ad4a5beacb28 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/merge_requests/9 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-January/003312.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230620 [SECURITY] [DLA 3459-1] libxpm security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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